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Market trades sideways in light holiday week
With one less trading day for the week due to the Labor Day holiday,…
Sep 5, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
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Health/Nutrition
AgSpire promotes efficiency and incentives for ranchers
In a sea of one-size-fits-all sustainability programs, AgSpire stands out by helping farmers and…
Sep 5, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
EPA withdraws processor wastewater discharge proposal
The Environmental Protection Agency will withdraw a rulemaking to further regulate wastewater discharges from…
Sep 5, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
CA bill would make it easier to convert farmland to solar
Legislation would make it easier for farmers to convert land protected under the Williamson…
Sep 5, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
BLM proposes sage grouse plan amendments
The Bureau of Land Management is proposing to revise its management plans for greater…
Sep 5, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Sept. 4
The livestock complex traded lower today, with cattle futures pressured by continued speculative profit-taking.
Sep 4, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Monitor: Aug. 28-Sept. 3
Improvements were made on the map in Colorado, western Montana, southern Idaho, northern Utah,…
Sep 4, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday. Sept. 3
Cattle traders showed uneasiness as futures faced selling pressure after testing record highs.
Sep 3, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Sept. 2
Cattle futures closed mixed to start off the month.
Sep 2, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Aug. 29
Cattle markets finished the week on a stronger note Friday, with both live and…
Aug 29, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
CA man arrested in theft of $31K of meat
A Paradise, CA, man was arrested for possessing stolen meat valued at more than…
Aug 29, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Better Meat Co. secures $31M in funding
The Better Meat Co. raised $31 million in Series A financing to expand its…
Aug 29, 2025 · By WLJ Editor
Beef
Oregon Country Beef launches beef brick
Oregon Country Beef (OCB) launched its Ground Beef Brick Pack, now available at all…
Aug 29, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Hunting, fishing access expanded at refuges
The Department of the Interior announced 42 new hunting and sport fishing opportunities across…
Aug 29, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Per capita availability of meat projected higher
In 2025, domestic availability of red meat, poultry and eggs is projected to increase,…
Aug 29, 2025 · By USDA ERS
News
Rural county population growth has continued
The U.S. population in rural (nonmetropolitan) counties grew by more than 134,000 between 2023…
Aug 29, 2025 · By USDA ERS
Health/Nutrition
Cargill opens feed facility in WA
Cargill’s Animal Nutrition and Health business opened a new retail feed facility in Granger,…
Aug 29, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Information asymmetry in cattle marketing
When one party has more relevant, up-to-date or detailed information it can lead to…
Aug 29, 2025 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
News
USFS chief outlines vision for more logging, mining and grazing
U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Shultz said America’s national forests need less wildfire and…
Aug 29, 2025 · By Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press
Beef
Research shows salmonella resistance growing
New research from Penn State University highlights the risks posed by salmonella Dublin, a…
Aug 29, 2025 · By WLJ
News
ND, US working to settle Dakota Access Pipeline protest costs
The state of North Dakota and the U.S. government have entered settlement negotiations in…
Aug 29, 2025 · By Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor
News
Major solar project approval paused in central WA
Gov. Bob Ferguson is tapping the brakes on a controversial solar farm proposed in…
Aug 29, 2025 · By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard
Environment
Mexican gray wolf pup killed in NM
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently directed the USDA to kill two Mexican…
Aug 29, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Rains, mild temperatures set the stage for strong fall hunting outlook
Thanks to timely spring rains and relatively mild summer temperatures, hunters in Texas have…
Aug 29, 2025 · By Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Environment
WDFW approves removal of wolves
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) on Aug. 25 authorized incremental lethal…
Aug 29, 2025 · By WLJ
Livestock
Navigating investment opportunities amid high cattle prices
With recent record-breaking cattle market prices, faculty Kansas State are offering insight on how…
Aug 29, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
News
EPA to deny CA vehicle inspection reqs
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to disapprove of California’s Heavy-Duty Inspection and…
Aug 29, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Details shared on US-EU trade deal
The White House in late August released details regarding a framework trade agreement between…
Aug 29, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Group pauses campaign to stop CO wolf introduction
Colorado Advocates for Smart Wolf Policy on Aug. 27 announced it is pausing its…
Aug 29, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
NCBA comments on Brazil trade investigation
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) submitted comments following the announcement of an investigation…
Aug 29, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
CO wolf reintroduction will continue
Colorado lawmakers on Aug. 25 passed a bill to allow the continued reintroduction of…
Aug 29, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Public comments open for roadless rule
USDA is opening a public comment period for input on its rescission of the…
Aug 29, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
MT approves increased wolf quota for hunting, trapping season
After more than six hours of public comment and debate, the Montana Fish and…
Aug 28, 2025 · By Micah Drew, Daily Montanan
Beef
Less cattle in US feedlots; more in Canada, Australia
The latest USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Cattle on Feed report shows Aug. 1…
Aug 28, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Markets
Markets steady into holiday despite screwworm scare
The cattle market opened the week under pressure from news of a New World…
Aug 28, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Aug. 28
Cattle futures came under pressure from profit-taking today as speculators await a price correction.
Aug 28, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Pete’s Comments: Remarkable market
I don’t think anyone expected cattle markets to get this good, especially during August.
Aug 28, 2025 · By Pete Crow, WLJ publisher emeritus
Beef
CoBank: Beef demand defies record prices
Record-high beef prices are drawing national attention, but according to a new research brief…
Aug 28, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
USFWS to pause blanket 4(d) rule
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will pause its “blanket 4(d) rule” under the…
Aug 28, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
NM cattle trespass suit mostly thrown out
A federal judge narrowed but did not end a grazing lawsuit, dismissing some claims…
Aug 28, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Community
The Viewpoint with Curt Russell
When Curt Russell stepped into his role as the 120th president of the Colorado…
Aug 28, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
Kay’s Korner: US faces demand and disease dangers
U.S producers currently face concerns that the red-hot beef market might cool off because…
Aug 28, 2025 · By Steve Kay, WLJ columnist
News
Weekly Drought Report: Aug. 21-27
A hot weather pattern gradually yielded to increasingly cloudy and showery weather. In most…
Aug 28, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Aug. 27
The historic cattle bull market pushed higher again, opening strong and closing in the…
Aug 27, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Aug. 26
Cattle futures and boxed beef prices surged to new highs today, with market focus…
Aug 26, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Aug. 25
Markets were lower following the news of a human case of New World screwworm…
Aug 25, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Environment
Human New World screwworm case in US linked to traveler
The first case of a New World screwworm infestation in a human in the…
Aug 25, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Aug. 22
“What a day it was for the livestock complex as all three of the…
Aug 22, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Health/Nutrition
The importance of clean water in cattle production
There’s nothing more refreshing than an ice-cold drink of water after spending time in…
Aug 22, 2025 · By K-State Research and Extension
News
Ranchers urge SCOTUS to hear WY corner-crossing case
Five groups are supporting Elk Mountain Ranch owner Fred Eshelman’s petition for the U.S.…
Aug 22, 2025 · By Angus M. Thuermer Jr., WyoFile
Health/Nutrition
Vet advises ND cattle producers to look out for anthrax
Anthrax is a concern for cattle producers in North Dakota, as weather conditions in…
Aug 22, 2025 · By NDSU Extension
Beef
Beef label suit goes to appeals court
The fate of an antitrust lawsuit filed by two South Dakota ranchers against major…
Aug 22, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Community
Thomas Herefords to receive MT Leopold Conservation Award
Thomas Herefords of Gold Creek, MT, has been selected as the recipient of the…
Aug 22, 2025 · By Sand County Foundation
Beef
Custom processor opening in SD
A new custom butcher shop with a retail section is coming to Dell Rapids,…
Aug 22, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
UNL launches online course to boost meat processing industry
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture have opened enrollment…
Aug 22, 2025 · By UNL Extension
Health/Nutrition
Anthrax case reported in ND
North Dakota confirmed its first case of anthrax this year in a beef cattle…
Aug 22, 2025 · By WLJ
Beef
Showcase connects exporters with buyers from across Latin America
The U.S. Meat Export Federation conducted another highly successful Latin American Product Showcase, connecting…
Aug 22, 2025 · By USMEF
Environment
Grizzly bear relocated in WY
On Aug. 15, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, in consultation with the U.S.…
Aug 22, 2025 · By WLJ
Livestock
Nervous cattle markets struggle with market fundamentals
Feeder cattle prices continue to push to unimaginable highs leaving producers and traders increasingly…
Aug 22, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist
Environment
BLM conducts wild horse gather in WY
The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Rawlins Field Office in southeastern Wyoming conducted a…
Aug 22, 2025 · By WLJ
Livestock
The current value of replacement heifers
There is evidence of an increase in heifer retention with improved drought conditions across…
Aug 22, 2025 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
Health/Nutrition
UNL adds livestock to its ag budget calculator
Understanding the true cost of production is critical for making sound decisions in today’s…
Aug 22, 2025 · By WLJ
News
State says ND Beef Commission suit should be dismissed
Attorneys for the state of North Dakota have asked a judge to dismiss a…
Aug 22, 2025 · By Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor
Health/Nutrition
US will build sterile fly factory in Texas
The federal government is ramping up efforts in Texas to combat the spread of…
Aug 22, 2025 · By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune
News
Governors, ag groups see trade optimism
The Trump administration’s top agricultural negotiator on trade told members, agribusiness and commodity groups…
Aug 22, 2025 · By Chris Clayton, DTN ag policy editor
News
States will see another year of Colorado River water cuts
Federal officials announced Aug. 15 they would continue water allocation cuts on the Colorado…
Aug 22, 2025 · By Jeniffer Solis
Environment
ICA launches 2025 wildfire relief fund
The Idaho Cattle Association (ICA) launched its 2025 Wildfire Relief Fund to help ranchers…
Aug 22, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
HHS authorizes use of drugs for NWS
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a declaration enabling the…
Aug 22, 2025 · By WLJ
Markets
Cattle markets strengthen across the board
Cattle markets closed higher over the week, with futures, cash trade and boxed beef…
Aug 22, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
News
Court upholds exemption for ag emissions reporting
In early August, a federal court ruled in favor of the agriculture industry in…
Aug 22, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Beef
R-CALF: Halt Brazilian beef imports
Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, USA (R-CALF) submitted comments to United States Trade Representative Jamieson…
Aug 22, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
Bill introduced to bolster CRP
A group of senators introduced the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Improvement and Flexibility Act…
Aug 22, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
USFWS proposes new Canada lynx habitat
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is proposing revisions to the Canada lynx’s…
Aug 22, 2025 · By WLJ
Health/Nutrition
Meat allergy from ticks framed as a moral good in paper
A pair of bioethicists from Western Michigan University suggest that a tick-borne allergy that…
Aug 22, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Environment
Suit challenges methane pollution limits
Environmental groups filed a legal motion against the Environmental Protection Agency to stop the…
Aug 22, 2025 · By WLJ
Livestock
Family farms remain the backbone of agriculture
Family farms continue to dominate U.S. agriculture, making up 95% of the nation’s 1.9…
Aug 22, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Beef
R-CALF launches ‘Label Our Beef’ campaign
Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, USA (R-CALF) on Aug. 18 launched its “Label Our Beef”…
Aug 22, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Logan’s Comments: Still climbing
This market feels like we’ve been climbing a mountain that we aren’t sure where…
Aug 22, 2025 · By Logan Ipsen
Environment
Sites Reservoir negotiation sessions postponed
The first public negotiation sessions with the Sites Project Authority and Bureau of Reclamation…
Aug 22, 2025 · By WLJ
News
Resource Science: Wolves and science
The wolves in all of the western states except New Mexico and Arizona are…
Aug 22, 2025 · By Dr. Matthew Cronin, WLJ columnist
Environment
West Coast species proposed for ESA listings
The Quino checkerspot butterfly in California and the earless monitor lizard in Washington may…
Aug 22, 2025 · By WLJ
Environment
USDA blocks tax dollars for solar on farmland
USDA announced it will no longer fund taxpayer dollars for solar panels on productive…
Aug 22, 2025 · By WLJ
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Thursday, Aug. 21
It was a topsy-turvy day for cattle futures as they closed on both sides…
Aug 21, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
News
Weekly Drought Report: Aug. 14-20
In the West, severe to exceptional drought (D2–D4) remained widespread across California, Nevada, Arizona,…
Aug 21, 2025 · By UNL Drought Monitor
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Wednesday, Aug. 20
Cattle futures surged higher as strong cash and beef market fundamentals fueled bullish momentum…
Aug 20, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Tuesday, Aug. 19
Cattle futures closed firm but mixed, supported by strong boxed beef demand ahead of…
Aug 19, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Monday, Aug. 18
“The livestock complex is trading higher into midday Monday as the market continues to…
Aug 18, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Daily Market Wrap Up
Market Wrap-Up: Friday, Aug. 15
Cattle futures closed the week sharply higher on expectations for strong cash trade. USDA…
Aug 15, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Commercial Cattle Issue
Blazing trails for the next generation
A trailblazer with endless passion and fortitude, Barbara Jackson is a prominent businesswoman and…
Aug 15, 2025 · By B. Lynn Gordon, WLJ correspondent
Commercial Cattle Issue
Purpose, passion and the power of beef
By all accounts, DeAnne Maples didn’t take the conventional route to become one of…
Aug 15, 2025 · By Charles Wallace
Commercial Cattle Issue
Three generations of women make a lasting mark on the beef industry
This story began in 1946, on the back of an old Palomino horse. Sarah…
Aug 15, 2025 · By Megan Silveira, WLJ correspondent
Commercial Cattle Issue
The leader behind the alliance defending agriculture
At the helm of the Animal Agriculture Alliance is Hannah Thompson-Weeman, a Maryland native…
Aug 15, 2025 · By Anna Miller Fortozo
Commercial Cattle Issue
Pioneering a sustainable future in beef production
Dr. Sara Place's research is examining the role of methane in cattle feed energy…
Aug 15, 2025 · By Emily Pendergrass, WLJ correspondent
Commercial Cattle Issue
Cattle market trends and possibilities
Mainly due to drought, the cow herd has reached a 75-year low, which has…
Aug 15, 2025 · By Dr. Bob Hough, WLJ correspondent
Environment
EPA eases DEF systems requirements
The Trump administration announced new guidance on Aug. 12 that allows farmers and truckers…
Aug 15, 2025 · By Todd Neeley, DTN environmental editor
Beef
Dairies use IVF to tap strong beef market
Recent improvements in bovine reproductive technology have given dairy farmers greater access to a…
Aug 15, 2025 · By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert editor, California Farm Bureau
Health/Nutrition
What is hay worth this year?
Over the past few weeks, once weather permitted baling of hay in Oklahoma and…
Aug 15, 2025 · By Mark Z. Johnson, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle breeding specialist
Health/Nutrition
Scout for spotted water hemlock before cutting hay
Spotted water hemlock, a plant native to North Dakota, has recently been identified in…
Aug 15, 2025 · By NDSU Extension
Livestock
Cattle market factors we’re not talking much about
At any point in time some factors will be more important and receive lots…
Aug 15, 2025 · By Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension livestock marketing specialist